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Addressing the title rather than the story, I really like the system Colorado has for state judges and wish we could copy it at the federal level. A nonpartisan
by kej 4y ago
Addressing the title rather than the story, I really like the system Colorado has for state judges and wish we could copy it at the federal level. A nonpartisan panel creates a pool of candidates, then the governor nominates one and the state senate confirms them. Then the important part is that every so often the public gets to vote on whether or not to retain them as judges.
This way the public gets a voice in judicial matters, but without the problems you see in states with directly elected judges.
- rayiner 4y agoThere is no such thing as a “nonpartisan panel” under the current political alignment. The kind of people who participate in such labels are invariably high trust, high education types. If they’re republicans, they’re Liz Cheney types rather than Trump types. If they’re Democrats, they’re Elizabeth Warren types rather than Bernie Sanders types.
- kej 4y agoSure, but there are requirements in place to address some of those things. The commission can't be more than half+1 of the same political party, has to include a mix of lawyers and non-lawyers, etc. Compared to blatantly partisan judicial selections in other places, I think this system works pretty well.